St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-26

The slave girl whose freedom fly;luutH
Church purchased tWenty-seVcn Years
ago, at the request of Henry ward
Beecher, is reported to be still living al
Peekskill, N. Y, near the Beecher country
seat
A RAILROAD wreck occurred near Vim
cent, O., on the 10Th, in which two people
were killed and three wounded.
HOUSE bill to increase the Governors
salary to IS, 900 year was passed by the
Ohio Senate on the 18th
THE funeral of Lieutenant Powell, of the
signal corps, took place from his late resi-.
dence in Washington on the 10th. The in
torment was made in Glenwood cemetery,
A number Of signal men attended
the funeral
THE Boston District Telegraph messen-
ger boys struck on the 10th for an increase
of weekly wages from 800 to $50 Il
week and half holiday on St Patrick
| Day.
ABOUT two hundred and fifty section
hands employed on the Pitts burg division
| of theFort Wayne railroad, struck on the
| 10Th for an advance in wages. The men
| were receiving Sl25 per day and struck
for $3.50 per day. 1t is hardly probable
| that they will be granted their demand.
| ST. PATRICK's Catholic Church at Nor
| wlch, Conn, was damaged to the extent
of $4,000 by fire on the 10Th. The build
| ing cost $3.50 900, and is insured for 1000
| The fire, which was caused by careless
altar boy dropping a coal from the cen
| ser, was stubborn, and requ lred two
! hours work by the firemen to extinguish
| it.
| THE arbitration commit tee of the knit
dc f., et5 of ID n
er conference with the Knights of La
Dor committee on the 10th, notified the lat
| ter that they would no further consider
their proposition for new scale of wages
The scale was demanded for 10000 opera
tives, and there is much anxiety as to the
result of it's rejection.
THE proposition to submit rrohbitory
| amendment to the Constitution to a vota
of the people of Illinois at the next gener
al election, was rejected by the House on
the 10Th by a vote of IS noes to IS yeas.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, on receiving the
French General, Marquis D'Abzac, is re-
ported to have made strong peace remarks,
among them: ''God will soon call me to
himself. / do not want to leave my people
heritage of blood"
A WARRANT was issued at the Treasury
department on the 10th amounting to
300, 900 in favor of the collector of Gus
toms at New York to pay debentures and
| drawbacks and refund excess of deposits
for unascertained duties.
THE Department of State has received a
copy of the will of the late Jose Sevilla,
who died in Lima, Peru, recently, leaving
$500, 600 to be applied to the establishment
IN New York of an institution for the
education of poor female children.
THE ComPtroler of the Currency has
authorized the following National banks
to commence business: The Peoples
Bank of Lancaster, Pa, 100000 capital;
First National of Pratt, Kas., $4,000;
First National Of Grass Valley. Cal,
so, 900
A NUMBER of spicious-looking meE
have been lately making frequent visits
to the money vaults of the Treasury De,
partment during the hours allowed for
public inspection. Such of them as called
on the 10Th were notified that they must
not come again, and the officers in charge
of the vaults have been instructed to keer
sharp lookout on visitors in the future